Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST

| 90 900 hoi MS To the Vienna Society OF Artsts,
the interest Of which SUM is 20 en4oIe ahhu
| y Young painter II inert TO sJudE A0FolN
| Herr Zachos body was ereHaied n Ml*h OE
| bis direction.
In the new Massachusetts Legislature there
are 81 lawyers. u f,rmers, II retired business
! men, II insurance agents, g m rChants. nc.
nj grocer, shoe m anufactI ers, clerka
contractors, Jdry g0oda dea ers. D ehoeihaNcI ;
liquor dC0lers, and ! traders VI oVucI Gun
/ ploymenis there are lis men in almost every
line OF bus meas, inc udln- school leachels,
newspaper publishers. ! journalist, physl-
clan, and retired clergyman.
a SERIOUS litigation Is in progress at Liege
for obtaining from the government the ocmo-
ltion of the local citadel and fort, when IN
case Of an invasion, would furnish preteXt
fer y mbarding the town, but cOuld IN no
| wise contribute to its defense. Inc same ls
the case as regards Hamur, with lts PIC
turesque old citadel. The citizens IL rAch
| case desire either TO live IN an 'opeI. Town
or in one sufficiently tOrtlhed.
REV. BROOKS HEREFORD, describing the
evolution Of a myth" in his talk to Sunday
school teachers at Claiming Hail, Boston :
humorously said: Suppose that ages hence
the three Back Bay Brooks were the subject
! OF archeoogcal Investigation. 1t might u
| concluded that they were three Drolners :
| they were born a Brook Farm. mat the farm
WAS probably situated on great RIVER Such
|
| ford. Stop ford: and that the thlrd bro'her
was named Brooks. IN the plural, because No
| singular noun was sufficient to express MIN.
THE 10th birthday of Rev. VIM. b. Hayden,
| OF Portland. was celebrated on Christmas day,
| and the occasion was made pIea-ant by VISITS
of many friends and tokens Of remembrance
| sent from old York in England. Mr.. Hayden
! preached IN York a number OF years ago, ana
| has received tokens of remembrance from
| there on every recurring Christmas SINCE
| The ueculiaritv about Mr.. Haydep's birthday,
| aside from the fact that it occurs on CHRIST
| mas day, is that his great-gr 'nd'ather was
| also born on Christmas day IN lf35, ana oied
| on Christmas. the day that Mr.. Hayden was
! born. There has been, therefore, Christmas
/ child in his family for over 100 years
| A LADY who came to Auburn, n. Y, to visit
| the late Judge Conkliag's family during his
residence in that city. told an Auburnian re-
porter this story: "One day when Roscoe
| was visiting nv fathers family the horse and
| sulky were brought up TO the deer ana my
| "a her was just getting ready to start out for
ride among MS patients; young Roscoe
| thought he would get s me life out of the old
| horse. tOoa pin and stuck IT. IN ms haunches.
| when the usually saId animal suddenly gave
| a kick and hit Roscoe a severe blow on his
| forehead, cutting cash that TO thls DAY
leaves scar on the brow. And thi- Is why
| the ex-senator permits little Auburn curl
| to drop down over The blcmish."
| summers, residing near Benne tsville. tried
to die the other lay because her lover, Charles
McCurdv, refused to longer smile on her and
| transferred his afleCtOns:to another beWllch-
ng beauty of the neghborhood. when she
| learne that his heart strings had begun to
plaV IN another direction h.r head became
very dizzy, and she fell in swoOn on the
floor. where she was heard BY ner mother
moaning plteouslY, "Oh. gould only die. y
| Gentle hands lifted her Jithe / rm from of
30 60. I,Ian ! an, adj n a Tvs
she refused to see anyone or partaSe of p4r-
tIcle of food, One Of the phy>iclans sought
Young McCurdv. AID ind lce'f MIN TO visit he
girl. Since then She has beea& ala to leave
her bed and has given up the ideaof dying.
PANAMA is ahead Of Mexico in m my things
A correspondent writes: Here we have had
an istbmus railroad for many years, and a
| canal is being built which has queuched for
ever all thought of q ship railr0 a Being built
| across Tehuantnpec. Here als0 we have a
| theatre built within the wai9s of a ruiz ed
| convent, and which thr public attend with
| pleasure, whethet7 Span 50 Student or inlm-
| table actresses Ike Sarah, Bernhardt give
| lie to walls which formerfy only echoed to
| the prayers and the STEPS OF voluntary pris-
oners. In Mexico mattersJaI'e differently ar
| ranged as will he seen oy the following par
| agraph, copied from the Two Repahlics
| The statement that the Archbishop has con
| scented TO Catholic families attending the
| Santa Clara Theatre Is contradlcted by the
Tempo. The ecclesiastiC / author.tins con-
| slider The bui ding of a theatre within the
walls of an Old convent Il sacrllege, and have
| interdicted the attendance Of CathOl cs. The
| nroprietors of the theatre have offered to
compromise by giving the proceeds of the
frat nights performances TO the church build
ing in Gale de san Francisco, bur up to this
time the clergy have renamed firm and re-
fused to accept the Offer"
SINCE Moltke's important speech at the
Refchstag the papers are full of anecdotes re-
70 "a fOl lnt ieo
of theui. related by Bismarck: when o. the
eve Of war even Moltke becomes talkative,
and when we marched in 1870 he at once
grew ten years Younger. spoke with vivaci y,
took pleasure in champagne and choice eli
CARS, and lost all hi, pedantry acquired while
resting on the laurels he had gained IN 1866
During the battle of Konigsgratz when VIC
tory was doubtful for hours, Bism rex APP
preached MOltke. tormented by doubts aud
fears as to the result OF The terrible S ruggle.
Moltke sat silent on his black sized He was
observing the course of he battle, and it was
impoSslb to attract his attention. But B s.
marck had q little case in his pocket cont in
ing two cigars, one of excellent, The OIL err of
inferior quality. He offered the case to
Moltke, and without speaking the General
took it. examined the two cigars and chose
the good one without thtuke. But bismarck
understood him, Ii" put spurs TO his horse
and chrerlully returned to his post, for.
thought he, il Motbe is still 40 e to maze
choice OF u cigar with such calmness of mind
III means tnaJ all Is gong On WEil
No observant looker-on can live PERM
nently In any of OUR large hotels, peopled by
fashionable patronage, and INDULGE in W nder
as to the alleged nigh prices charged. Indeed,
lie Will rather marvel that prices are not
higher il he reflects on all the costly ma
chiuery set in mD,ioD, and he may derive
MANY suecuialve lessons from the social
panorama Def re him.. In fact. the office OF
one of these large hotel has come to De the
all the general burdens of life. The easy
grace in which al. personal cares OF life are
re rgated to the Onicials At he desk OF tue
modern hotel is an edilylng spectacle. Let
ters unstamUed are sent 10 he stamped
and mailed mail pa kagcs to he
weighed express bundles TO be prepaid
ana sent, letters or packages for which
suecial messenger service must be cal ell and
their time caiCu'ated and their rates paid
Even shopping on no small scale Is som. time,
done with The dii ection to have the m rchau-
disc sent up and up III 1T the desk " 1t /, Gu
rious TO see INV many people fail TO draw the
line be ween what Is lcgitm tie hotel service
and that " hich Is purely personal, and should
ne done by Themselves, or else paid for at
eXtra rates. The atmosphere OF u fash iOnab @
hotel seems to deprive the guests OF their nat
ural faculties, and the fdci ity with which
peuple adapt themselves TO nowcry beds Of
ea-e, Is II suggestive study IN the possibilities
Of human Development.
ONE OF tho recent arrivals from Paris is
George L. Bogert, the ARTIST He has been
abroad for two years, studying with eromc
and other masters in the French capital. He
comes home full of advanced ideas regarding